“That’s what we’re trying to build and it starts with the head coach. The intensity and bringing it every day. Taking no crap on the field,” said quarterback Drake Maye. “For the mentality, I like it. That’s what you want.”
Maye stressed how players can’t take any dumb penalties during games — but it’s also important that opposing teams know the Patriots aren’t just going to back down and roll over in the face of adversity.
“We don’t want to come out and fight and get in trouble, but at the same time, you don’t want to back down from anybody,” said Maye. “I’m sure coach will preach we can’t have that, but at the same time in the back of our minds, that’s how we want to play.”